Norway’s Opera Software on Tuesday launched a new version of the Opera Minibrowser for Android phones, hoping to more than double its smartphone user base by the end of 2017. Google’s Android is the most widely used operating system among mobile phone makers. With the launch of Mini 8, Opera aims to lift its smartphone user base to 275 …

DirecTV’s streaming offerings got a whole lot more comprehensive this past week thanks to the addition of 22 channels to its DirecTV Everywhere service. The 22 new channels join an existing lineup of streamable channels, according to the company, and includes popular networks such as BET, Cartoon Network, CNN, Comedy Central, MTV, the East Coast Nickelodeon feed, TBS, TNT, and …

So there I was, poking around some of the more arcane settings on my Moto G, when I stumbled across something that took me aback: an archive of every voice command I’d ever spoken to my phone. Turns out that each time you say something to the Google Now search box, Android saves a copy of what you said in …

Our last look under Google Drive’s hood turned up such great hidden tricks, we went back to uncover more. Here are 5 more that will help streamline your workflow. Show all keyboard shortcuts Keyboard shortcuts are what separate productivity pros from mouse-clicking amateurs. But it’s impossible to remember every key combo for every program. Fortunately, Google Drive provides an easily …

A new crowdfunding project called 4SeTV is hoping to make football Sundays more enjoyable with split-screen viewing on phones, tablets, and televisions. 4SeTV is a four-channel TV tuner box for over-the-air broadcasts, but it doesn’t plug directly into the television like most tuners. Instead, it hooks up to a home Wi-Fi router, and streams broadcast channels to an iOS or …

HTC’s One M9 is certainly a posh-looking device, though it’s hard to ignore the fact that it’s not much of a departure from last year’s One M8. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, but I was curious as to why HTC is taking this approach. I asked Claude Zellweger, HTC’s vice president of industrial design, to explain why the company …

Leave it to LinkedIn to find a way to add even more spam to your life. The professional social network has a new app called Elevate that aims to turn the world’s corporate drones into content sharing machines. With this new app, companies can offer employees a steady stream of content such as articles and bland quotes they can share …

All models of Apple Watch quickly sold out when preorders began overnight last Friday, but now we have a better idea of which Watches were most popular.   According to e-retail research firm Slice Intelligence, 957,000 people in the U.S. bought an Apple Watch on Friday—and many of those people bought two. The space gray Apple Watch Sport with a …

Just seven months after cracking the $1000 barrier, Vizio’s 4K TV sets are getting even cheaper. Vizio’s new M-Series 4K (or Ultra HD) televisions start at $600 for a 43-inch model, and scale up to $4000 for an 80-inch model. Spending $1000—the same price that Vizio charged for a 50-inch 4K TV last fall—will now get you a 55-inch screen …

Spotify AB is nearing a deal to raise $400 million, valuing the music streaming service provider at $8.4 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The terms of the funding, Spotify’s seventh, have been set and is expected to close in the coming weeks, one of the people told the Journal. Goldman Sachs Group Inc …